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Re: hello, new to forum....frustrated
From: Alyson (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Oct 13 14:58:41 2006
Hi Ladies,
The recovery time on the lap can vary. I've had two now and was out for
about a week with both. The first three days are the worst for me.
After that it is mostly exhaustion and working that gas out of the
system. You definately would not be in shape to hop up and go the next
day. That's just nuts. It is surgery after all. Especially if your
doctor has to do alot of work in there. Your body needs rest and time
to heal itself.
As far as seeing the results from the lap, it has been my experience
that it can take several weeks to really get a picture of what kind of
difference it has made. Again, it takes some time to heal, get your
energy back, etc.
Alyson
At Fri, 13 Oct 2006, Ami wrote:
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>At Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Sabrina wrote:
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>>The worse part of the lap for me was the nausea from the anesthesia and
>>the unknowing. However, my dr made sure to let everyone know what he
>>found with me so that the unknowing part was taken care of. As soon as
>>I woke up, a friend of mine (recovery room nurse who just happened to be
>>working) told me what he found. He also talked to my dh and then came
>>and talked with me. The nausea was the worst. I had a double dose of
>>Reglan and a dose of Zofran and it didn't work. I told the
>>anesthesiologist it didn't work while pregnant either. I did have a hot
>>spot of pain to the right of the belly button. When they woke me up, I
>>remember saying I am going to throw up. Which then he shot the Zofran
>>and Reglan in my iv. Then I said pain. Then right. They gave me a
>>dose of pain killer. I have been sore. I am very tired. I am ok
>>walking around at home. I don't think you'll be able to hop back to
>>work after only a day or two. My dr gave me a note for a week. Lap was
>>10/9 and I am supposed to return on 10/16. However, I am probably not
>>going back till 10/17 or 10/18 at the earliest. I drive an hour each
>>way to and from work. Just trying to drive the 5 minutes across town
>>leaves me sore and even more tired. I have a computer type job. So
>>there is no lifting or anything. I have a 15 month old and I havn't
>>even THOUGHT about lifting her yet. As far as the day I had the lap, I
>>came home from the hospital and crashed and have stayed in bed for since
>>Monday (except my 5 minute jaunts to get something to eat at lunchtime).
>>I'm not trying to scare you, but you don't just get up and go the next
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>i had my lap last tuesday and i s far have had no relief. I am not sure
>my doc did anything for the endo. I had a diagnostic lap. Any insight
>anyone might have thank you
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>>day. I will say that at this time, I "think" the lap has helped me.
>>This is the point where I get excruciating pain in the cycle. While I
>>have some pain in the area that I used to (lower right side) it is not
>>excruciating like it was. Also the really bad back pain is gone too.
>>
>>At Thu, 12 Oct 2006, rachel wrote:
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>>>hi all,
>>>
>>>i'm feeling a little depressed over the "options" available to those
>>>with this disease. i haven't had a lap yet, but every doc i've seen has
>>>said it's likely i have endo. all but one of the docs has suggested not
>>>going the lap route. i was excited when talking to a friend of my
>>>boyfriend's recently when she said she'd had a lap and felt much better
>>>afterward, but i keep reading these posts about people having pain from
>>>the lap weeks and months afterward. my boyfriend's friend was in pain
>>>for a week, she says she's a fast healer. docs i've talked told me i'd
>>>be fine the same day, at most the next. that doesn't seem to be the
>>>case. at the moment, i'm on month 5 of nuvaring, which i know is a very
>>>low-dose BCP, but i'm very sensitive to the hormones (got suicidal on
>>>yasmin and threw up several times a day every day on seasonale) - at
>>>this point i'm just moderately depressed for the week before my period.
>>>and on top of that, i'm having fewer and fewer intolerable days, my
>>>"10"pain days are down to 1-2. per cycle, which is a huge improvement.
>>>i take lortab and flexeril and bentyl on the intolerable days. it seems
>>>like with all the side effects of everything else, this is the best
>>>option for me, however in florida now there are super strict rules for
>>>these kind of meds and docs want me to go on lupron or one of those BCPs
>>>where you don't get your period even though i know i won't be able to
>>>tolerate them. i feel really frustrated over being treated as a drug
>>>seeker (how can you sustain a habit on 15 pills a month anyway?!) and
>>>don't know what to do. NSAIDs do nothing, and besides, i'm not
>>>comfortable taking them as at least 2 i've been on have been pulled from
>>>the market.
>>>
>>>anyway, frustrated. don't know what to do. can't deal without the
>>>meds, i miss work 1-2 days. i know it's nothing compared to what many
>>>of you go to, but i'm still frustrated (word of the day, ding ding
>>>ding!!)
>>>
>>>thanks for listening.
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